| Rank | Score | W.Rank | Author | Affiliated with (in this region) |
| 1. | 2.58 | [1] | Anjan V. Thakor | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 2. | 3.26 | [2] | Robert A. Pollak | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 3. | 3.33 | [5] | David Knudsen Levine | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 4. | 5.33 | [6] | Edward Nelson | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 5. | 5.57 | [7] | Costas Azariadis | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 6. | 6.15 | [3] | Douglass C. North | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 7. | 6.53 | [4] | William Poole | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 8. | 6.63 | [8] | Michele Boldrin | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 9. | 8.77 | [10] | Philip H. Dybvig | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 10. | 9.1 | [11] | Stephen D. Williamson | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 11. | 9.29 | [14] | Steven Mark Fazzari | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 12. | 9.34 | [9] | Daniel L Thornton | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 13. | 10.96 | [12] | Ping Wang | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 14. | 11.73 | [13] | Robert H. Rasche | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 15. | 12.21 | [16] | Bruce Clayton Petersen | Department of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 16. | 12.37 | [15] | James Bullard | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 17. | 15.58 | [17] | Christopher J. Neely | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |
| 18. | 16.14 | [19] | Glenn MacDonald | Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 19. | 16.54 | [18] | Todd Clark | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City |
| 20. | 18.37 | [20] | William Thomas Gavin | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis |